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Every three years, sometime around April, the short list for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is quietly announced from a press office in Geneva. The list – made up of approximately 20 projects from around the globe – adheres to the organiser’s go

Photographer Stephen began his career in graphic design before venturing into photography in the early ’80s. He now operates as a freelance photographer from his shared studio in Addington, Christchurch. What was your favourite aspect of the Dark Sky

You ended your involvement with homewares store Everyday Needs a couple of years ago. Why the change and what has been your focus since? Everyday Needs was always a side project for me that grew of its own momentum and was managed by a great team. It

This colour selection was inspired by a house your dad built in the 1970s. Tell us a little about the colours of your childhood. You always remember the colour of your childhood house because, often, this is the defining feature of when you were youn

Project: The Rabbit Patch Preschool – Te Tipu Client: Gail Clarke and Jo Campbell Location: Christchurch Project type: Education Floor area: 206m2 Located in the suburb of Burnside in Christchurch, The Rabbit Patch is a purpose-built preschool that o

Project: Harmos Horton Lusk Client: Harmos Horton Lusk Location: Auckland Project type: Workplace Floor area: 730m2 An exclusive, disruptive and indispensable brand with creative, jovial and hard-working people: from this narrative of legal practice

Project: DDB Group Client: DDB Group New Zealand Location: Auckland Project type: Workplace Floor area: 2400m2 The cliché is for advertising agencies to lean towards a Google-esque aesthetic: ping-pong tables, slides and pops of neon are what automat

Project: Dark Sky Project Client: Ngāi Tahu Tourism and Dark Sky Project (formerly Earth & Sky) Location: Mackenzie Basin Floor area: 1173m2 In 2012, a parcel of more than 4300km2 of land in the South Island’s Aoraki Mackenzie Basin was awarded ‘Inte

Theatre and hospitality are inherently intertwined. An impeccable dining experience is comparable to a flawless performance – the food, wine and waiters unite to form a seamless show. So, when Wes Anderson ventured into interiors by designing Bar Luc

Fabric Bistro was built in an ex-army textile warehouse. Did this heritage inform your design and material choices? If so, how? The character of the building informed our design. We left as much of the masonry and structure exposed as possible. We ke

With sweeping curves and a pastel palette, Spiritea in East Village, New York, entices customers inside – an inviting contrast to the rectilinear grid of streets and avenues that defines much of Manhattan. New Practice Studio designed the curvilinear

Lighting plays an essential role in the way we experience architecture. The reverse applies in Est Lighting’s new showroom in Richmond, Melbourne, where architecture plays a crucial role in how we experience the lighting. With curved walls, arched op

Sam Caradus is a Balclutha-born creative working for Crosson Architects. Here, he shares some of the people, ideas and objects that inspire him. Outside of your design work, what gets your creative juices flowing? Life drawing at Browne School of Art